Guidance Documents

Response to request for technical assistance regarding using two different employment eligibility reverification processes depending on employee's change of citizenship status.

The purpose of this open letter is to inform all Federal firearms licensees that ATF will be revising the regulations in 27 C.F.R. Part 478 to conform to the Department of Justice's conclusions by removing the separate 90-day residency requirement for aliens.

Response to request for technical assistance regarding whether employer may narrow the list of accepted documents in order to prove U.S. citizenship of applicant.

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Translation The purpose of this open letter is to inform all Federal firearms licensees that ATF is in the process of amending its regulations and forms related to nonimmigrant alien provisions of the Gun Control Act.

What’s In This Issue: New Acting Director of ATF; New Publications; Open Letter—Definition of Display Fireworks; ATF Ruling 2011-3, Alternate Locks Authorized for Explosives Magazines; Non-sparking Metals; Attended “Day Box” Reminders; Smokeless Powder Exemption; Binary Exploding Targets; Binary Explosives Security; Certain Pest Control Devices Exempted as “Articles Pyrotechnic”; Hobby Pyrotechnics in a Regulated Environment; Explosives Licensing and Transfers;

This publication defines what each federally licensed importer must do for compliance, as per the Federal explosives regulations at 27 CFR, Part 555.

Response to request for technical assistance regarding reverifying or requesting additional documentation from an employee.

The purpose of this open letter is to provide guidance on the recent changes to Florida State law and to assist Federal firearms licensees in complying with Federal firearms laws and regulations and how they may affect Florida county ordinances that require sellers to wait five days before delivering a firearms.

Expected results of this program are: Inmates will be permitted to receive and retain publications that do not threaten the security, good order, or discipline of the institution, or that may facilitate criminal activity, or are otherwise prohibited by law. Publications determined detrimental to the security, good order, or discipline of the institution or that may facilitate criminal activity, or are otherwise prohibited by law, will be excluded from Bureau facilities. A safer environment for staff and inmates will be provided by strengthening procedures to prevent the introduction of contraband.

The purpose of this letter is to clarify the definition of "display fireworks" in the Federal explosives regulations.